Community News

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NE Skate Park Series Bright – 10th September 2023

NE Skate Park Series Myrtleford – 23rd September 2023

NE Skate Park Series Mount Beauty – 12th November 2023

Snow Sports Technician Sponsorship – We will sponsor 1 person to complete this course valued at $425 and they only pay $40, email ydo@alpineshire.vic.gov.au ASAP

RSA Course – Online, please fill out the EOI form; https://forms.office.com/r/U178zHqsmY

Barista Course – 7th June 2023 at Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre (if you cannot make the 7th of June, please fill out the EOI to go on the wait list) https://forms.office.com/r/E1LGdZ4L1L

Wrap the Generator – Create a piece of art and win $500! Closes the 26th of June 2023 https://www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/community/news/wrap-generator-and-win

2023 Alpine Youth Awards! – Nominations close 7th of August, date of event is 1st of September. Nominate here: https://forms.office.com/r/BZphPrqUyZ

Mission Australia Survey – Help us reach 100 entries! Survey closes 11th of August. https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7242884/Youth-Survey-2023?code=28002

Nominations for the 2023 Alpine Shire Youth Awards are now open.

We invite nominations for young people aged 12 – 21 who work, live or study in Alpine Shire, nominations close on Monday the 7th of August 2023.

The Alpine Shire Youth Awards is a great opportunity for our community to acknowledge and celebrate the valuable contribution young people are making in many areas of our community.

After a difficult couple of years, we are excited to present the Alpine Shire Youth Awards at the Mount Beauty Community Centre on Friday the 1st of September this year.

The Youth Awards evening is a celebration of young people including local young performers, a guest speaker and finger food.

We invite members of the public, schools, and employers to nominate young people for awards in the following categories:

•           Academic: recognising an individual who is dedicated to aspects of academic study.

•           Community: recognising an individual or a group who has the welfare of their community and the people within it at heart

•           Endurance & Persistence: recognising a young person who has demonstrated personal growth and endurance to overcome hardships or to achieve their goals. This may be demonstrated through but is not limited to family, culture, sexual orientation, geographic location, long term unemployment, health, disability, or education.

•           Sports and Recreation: recognising a young person who demonstrates a strong commitment not just to his/her personal sporting achievements but to the wider benefit of the sport.

•           Workplace: recognises a young person undertaking part- or full-time work, traineeship or apprenticeship who consistently displays a strong work ethic and a high level of professionalism

•           Rural: This award recognises an individual who shows commitment to agriculture or rural life in the Alpine Shire, through work, study or lifestyle

•           Performing Arts: This award recognises a young person or group who display/s their skill or talent through performing arts; it is for an individual or group who displays a large amount of determination to succeed in their field

•           Visual Arts and Media: We invite young people who excel in the areas of visual arts and media to nominate themselves for this category; their excellence could include (but is not limited to) photography, drawing, sculpture, painting, fashion, textiles, or film.

•           Proud and Deadly: recognising a young person who is of First Nations descent and champions their culture proudly.

TREK

TREK

Towards Renewable Energy Kiewa’ - TREK

Several years ago the Community Association presented a small exhibition of sustainable energy providers and at a meeting following this a small sub-committee was formed to investigate the opportunities to provide more sustainable and renewable energy into our valley. This committee took on the title ‘Towards Renewable Energy Kiewa’ - TREK.

Since then this committee has taken on a number of challenges and has had some successes, bringing great benefits to our community.

These have included the installation of heat pump hot water systems at a great price and the successful application for a grant from Bushfire Recovery Victoria funds to install a completely independent solar system on the Mount Beauty stadium, along with a battery and three-phase system which would turn the Stadium into a Community Safer Place during emergency situations. This system will be completed by the end of July.

At this time there are many opportunities for our community to be involved in several projects, especially ones based in the North East, which are looking to provide more renewable energy, community batteries, EV charging and energy hubs in which power can be shared.

Currently, TREK is a very small committee and is unable to keep on top of the many opportunities and meeting demands.

There are many members of our community who are genuinely interested in improving and extending the provision of renewable energy systems into our area but are currently working alone to improve their personal energy requirements. Are you one of these people? If so, TREK could use your help and the more the merrier, but certainly easier.

If you are in a position to help with this terrific movement, please contact UKVCA:

Email info@ukvcommunity.org.au or

TREK member, Keith Pike, Mobile: 0408 652 472.

Creative Writing Competition

entries are now open for the 2023 Insight Creative Writing Competition!

Open to all high school students in Australia, the competition aims to ignite a passion for creative writing and to inspire the voices of the future. It also offers participants the chance to share in over $3000 of cash prizes!

All shortlisted entries will be judged by one of the following acclaimed Australian authors: Scot Gardner, Demet Divaroren, Alice Pung, Michael Earp, Nam Le and Melissa Keil. We’ll send you more details about them in the coming months.

Competition key dates

Entries open: OPEN NOW!

Entries close: 1 September 2023

Longlist announcement: 18 October 2023

Shortlist announcement: 1 November 2023

Awards Ceremony: 7 December 2023